Pooja Reddy Nakamura leads the International Foundational Learning Practice Hub, overseeing a portfolio of research, evaluations, assessments, and implementation projects on foundational learning in over 20 countries, especially in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. The focus of Dr. Nakamura's research is on understanding how foundational literacy is acquired in complex multilingual education ...
Jennifer O’Day is an Institute Fellow at AIR. Over the past 25 years, Dr. O’Day has carried out research, advised national and state policy makers, and written extensively in the areas of systemic standards-based reform, educational equity, accountability, and capacity-building strategies.
While there are well-established links in the literature on domestic violence and homelessness, integration of the two systems in policy and practice is still emerging. This toolkit was created to address the gap between domestic violence and homeless service systems.
On October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy devastated the Eastern coastline, particularly affecting areas of New York City and Long Island where many homes and businesses were destroyed. AIR supports New York City's Administration for Children's Services in recovery and preparation for future disasters.
Cherise G. Moore is a principal technical assistance consultant with AIR, where she specializes in leadership development, coaching, and continuous improvement in career and technical education (CTE), adult learning, and workforce development. Dr. Moore also provides strategic planning and organizational development support to educational institutions and nonprofit organizations, helping them ...
Deborah Moroney, vice president at the American Institutes for Research, is a leading voice in youth development, implementation science, and cross-sector systems improvement who focuses on strengthening the conditions that help children, youth, and families thrive. Her work integrates research, evaluation, and practice with a strong commitment to improving opportunity, ...
Recent events such as those in Oklahoma, Boston, and Texas can leave people—especially children—feeling sad, angry, out of control, overwhelmed, and unsafe. The National Center on Family Homelessness developed a resource, Understanding Traumatic Stress in Children, to help.
Free online resources to help couples deal with the challenges created when one of them suffers a traumatic brain injury are now available on the federally-funded Model Systems Knowledge Translations Center website to help both partners navigate changes in their relationship.
Maureen Maurer has more than 20 years of experience with a portfolio of work that involves communicating about medical evidence to lay and professional audiences and engaging patients, families, and community in health research, health care delivery, and health policy.Maurer directs a project for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), ...
Robert V. Mayo currently serves as project director for the Cleveland Humanware/SEL and Cleveland Discipline Policy and Data analysis projects. He also serves as a Title 1 Part D TA Liaison and co-lead facilitator of the Supportive School Discipline Community of Practice at the National Technical Assistance Center for the Education ...
